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Abraham Lincoln Book Test Journey to Slavery Unit

Part 1: Using Text Features
Use the Table of Contents to answer the following questions.

1. If you are reading page 8, what are you reading about? _____________________________________ 2. If you wanted to find out about the Civil War, what page would you turn to in the book? __________ 3. To find out about Lincolns Last Days, what page would you turn to in the book? ________________ 4. What information will you find on page 16? ______________________________________________ 5. To find the meaning of key words, what page would you turn to in the book? ___________________ Write the text feature that is shown on each page. Use the words in the box only once.
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6. On page 20 & 21, what text feature was used? _______________________ 7. On page 26, what text feature was used? ____________________________ 8. On page 5, what text feature was used? _____________________________ 9. On page 11, what text feature was used? ____________________________ 10. On page 13, what text feature was used? ____________________________ Part 2: Comprehension Questions 11. Describe Abraham Lincolns life before he became president.

12. Write 1 awesome fact from the book.

13. Explain the life of a slave.

Part 3: Subject & Main Idea Read the following paragraph. Write the subject and main idea. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected to be our 16th president. While he was president, the Civil War began. Our country was divided. The northern states were fighting against the southern states. During the war, Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves. He also wrote a very famous speech called the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln gave this speech to try to keep the United States together. The war lasted five years. 14. What is the subject of the paragraph? __________________________________________________ 15. What is the main idea of the paragraph? ________________________________________________ Part 4: Time Lines Use the time line on page 28 & 29 to answer the questions below. 16. What happened in 1809? ____________________________________________________________ 17. What happened in 1860? ____________________________________________________________ 18. Which occurred first: Lincoln freed the slaves in 10 states or Lincoln was elected president for a second term? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Number the events in the order they occurred. _________ Lincoln moved to Indiana. _________ Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. _________ Lincoln was born. 1 _________ Lincoln married Mary Todd. _________ Lincoln died in Washington, D. C. 20. What year was President Abraham Lincoln assassinated? ________________________